We’re just a year removed from The Few and the Far Between, but Boston-based hardcore punk band Vanna aren’t making us wait long for new material. The group have teamed up with Pure Noise Records for the release of their fifth full-length, titled VOID, on June 17. They have yet to premiere a single, but […]
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UTG INTERVIEW: Pure Noise Records’ Founder Jake Round Celebrates Five-Year Anniversary
In 2009, Jake Round founded Pure Noise Records in California. Although he’d had no previous experience in single-handedly operating a record label, he was still able to turn a loan from his mother into one of the driving forces in independent pop punk, rock, indie, and hardcore. In 2014, we are celebrating the five-year anniversary […]
Pure Noise Records Welcomes Vanna; Band To Release New Album This Summer
It’s a big day for Boston post-hardcore outfit Vanna. They started the morning with the news they would be joining the Vans Warped Tour over the summer, and now we learn they just became the latest members of one of our favorite indie labels. Pure Noise Records is thrilled to announce the addition of Vanna […]
Parkway Drive, Vanna, and more announced for Warped Tour 2014
The latest round of artists confirmed for the Vans Warped Tour 2014 may be the best so far. Parkway Drive, Vanna, TheCityShakeUp and We The Kings were all announced on Wednesday night’s episode of the Fuse TV series Warped Roadies. The exact dates each artist will be on the bill were not confirmed at the […]
James Shotwell’s ‘Best Of 2013’ In Music
When 2012 was coming to a close I distinctly remember the majority of alternative music critics commenting that the year had been ‘something special.’ As 2013 begins to wind down I have found the same thing being said from the same people, and I think I too have to agree. For reasons entirely my own, […]
KEN mode Debut New Music Video
Canadian hardcore practitioners KEN mode have debuted the music video for “Romeo Must Never Know.” The dark, ominous slice of post-rock awesomeness is the centerpiece of the group’s critically acclaimed 2013 release Entrench. The clip for the 7+ minute slow burn features all sorts of amazing slow-motion thrashing (and who doesn’t love that?). KEN mode […]
UTG TV: Warped With Brian Marquis
It is safe to say that Brian Marquis has paid his dues on Warped Tour. The multi-tasking man behind the Acoustic Basement stage has been spending the summer performing songs, running a stage, drinking whiskey and even battling lightning. Thank the music Gods that Marquis is safe after his run-in with electrocution, which is something […]